simon jones, bbc news. england and wales.tus games begins in vancouver today — the opening ceremony with his wife meghan. election campaign last year. and now mr trump is president, he's given elon musk a central it's a role with the ambition of no less than reshaping how the bbc�*s analysis editor ros atkins has more. we have never, ever, ever seen anything like this which musk calls an existential threat to our republic. elon musk�*s work has begun. be put on leave. staff at the cia and elsewhere have been and musk�*s team is seeking to audit all government payments. but we're still learning what thatjob is. it's very unclear, but it appears that president trump has given mr. mr trump's powers. before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile it's not unusualfor seniorfigures in us administrations to be unelected. and each president takes a different view in the us, the federal government oversees policies as opposed to at state level. to education to healthcare. overseas aid and much more. musk

simon jones in downing street there. _ the bbc can reveal the security service m15 lied to three courts of never confirming or denying informants identities, but a bbc investigation proved that was untrue. m15 has now issued an unreserved apology to the bbc and all three courts. the government has ordered an investigation into why the service gave false evidence. daniel de simone has the story. it began with this man — an m15 agent and misogynistic neo—nazi known as x, filmed here attacking his then partner with a machete. ultimately, his position within the security services was used to terrorise me. his former girlfriend, known by the alias beth, says he used his role as an m15 agent, meaning a paid and authorised informant, to coerce her. i couldn't speak out against any of his behaviour towards me because he had men in high places who always had his back and who would actively kill me. because m15 says it never confirms agent identities to anyone and had never done so with x, judges ordered secret hearings to which beth and her lawyers wouldn't have access. she appealed the decision

simon jones, bbc news.li president, isaac herzog, has said he views president trump's gaza plan as an attempt to find a new way forward. speaking to the bbc, mr herzog said it was time to look for new ideas, rather than going back to the same routine of attacks and ceasefires. last week, mr trump suggested — as he put it — in other countries. the suggestion has been roundly condemned, with egypt's foreign minister travelling to washington today for talks. sir kier starmer has sacked his health what are reported to be a string of offensive and abusive whatsapp messages. andrew gwynne has apologised for what he calls constituents, fellow mps and councillors. let get more and all of that. first of tell us about first of all, tell us about what the messages were. the messages _ what the messages were. the messages have _ what the messages were. tue: messages have come what the messages were. tte: messages have come from a ;%§if;%i gtoup group of” z group offal; z 77 group of a number of whatsapp group of a numb

simon jones, bbc news.e been emotional scenes in thailand after five farmworkers, who were abducted during the 7th of october attacks by hamas on israel, have returned home ten days after they were released. the five men were they spent nearly 500 days in captivity. nearly all of the foreign workers abducted during the attack were thais. israel employs some 30,000 of them as farm labourers, never given up hope. well our south east asia correspondentjonathan head was there when the hostages arrived home in bangkok. the long ordeal of these thai farmworkers is now over international airport, giving a traditional greeting to the waiting reporters. it was then an emotional reunion with their families. they have been held for the past ten days in an israeli hospital while their health has been checked but it appears to be remarkably good, unlike many of the israeli hostages after their 480 days being held by hamas under the israeli bombardment in gaza. until the agreement between israel and hamas last month, the

simon jones, bbc news. with me is said shehata, from bbc arabic.i it me is said shehata, wi it does. said shehata, wi it does look shehata, wi it does look like hata, wi it does look like it |ta, wi it does look like it |ti the from of c arabic. wi it does look like it |ti the from of c ari bibas that bodyof shiri bibas that hamas over. handed over. good news, because esterda handed over. good news, because yesterday when — handed over. good news, because yesterday when we _ handed over. good news, because yesterday when we talked - i’ow row about 5 row about it and the the row about it and the israeli anger about the body 7—, not belonging to shiri was not belonging to shiri bibas, i said was not belonging to shiri bibas, isaid it was not belonging to shiri bibas, i said it was a mistake. and the hamas said it and the hamas statement said it was also a mistake because there are bodies under the because of the israeli of the area where bombardment of the area where the bodies. so it is good news, the bedries. seit is gees news. helps the bedies. se

simon jones, bbc news.usk has a role in the us government unlike any other. like this before in american history. musk leads the department of government efficiency, a department — it's an advisory group, often referred to as doge. its job is to dismantle federal bureaucracy, which musk calls "an existential threat to our republic." and now that donald trump's in power, elon musk�*s work has begun. staff at the aid agency usaid were told they'd be put on leave. offered payments to quit. and musk�*s team is seeking to audit all government payments. but we're still learning what thatjob is. it's very unclear, but it appears that president trump has given mr musk the ability to exercise almost any into new territory, before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. it's not unusual for senior figures in us administrations to be unelected, and each president takes a different view on state spending. in the us, the federal government oversees polici

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you see, but jones just have 1200000000 dollars removed from its national budget by this one is a cold decision by the us president. i think that china will generally come in using the simon is terribly dangerous in somalia, right? not for it. so what will have out shut by the terrorist organization that is being held and held back upon a by us as a vengeance, because they've been training the police force inside fault. i'm not strong. so sure. 5 is going to be greatly enhanced, made more powerful, a sabotage the some of the state. now eventually, us citizens are going to be killed as a result of these reckless actions. perhaps, sooner rather than later, we had a whip always in washington and the terrible catastrophic crash. so uh, i think i rather like the point made by my previous i so that this can come back and find the president. very hard, eric, we've heard from alex about how this orienting this can be for the media, but what they are able to do and what they are able to cover. the democratic minority liter came jeffrey's code amazing last week. he said to discuss a comprehensive 3 pronged counter offensive against trump let's. i mean, how was this for democrats? h

name might be gambian, who says simon evans and stephen allen must be looking on enviously at leo kearse now he now he's got a non bald spot. so yeah maybe. and jesse joness says just saying hiya to the headliners. hiya. hiya jesse. thanks for watching. >> great content. and funnily enough me and lewis shaffer who's another headliner, we're doing a show in banbury on the 27th. that's this thursday. so if you want to see us in real life, come along to banbury. there's tickets on my twitter, on google, wherever you want to look. anyway, let's get back into the show. we've got the telegraph now, and the french knife attacker faced deportation ten times, and each time the asylum system waved the white flag. that's so french, steve. >> isn't it? so. islamist terrorist accused of knife murder in france avoided. deportation ten times. is your story. french ministers accuse algeria of glaring imbalance, of refusing to. take the suspect back. that must be so annoying that you're a. nation and someone leaves you, and they had no real right to do so. and they should be deported. and you won't accept them back. oh, france, that must be so annoying. what could that p

jones is up for the best supporting actress award for her role in the brutalist. vanessa kirby, a former bafta winner herself is in attendance, as are demi moore, ariana grande and pamela anderson. simon pegg is there. the mission impossible star and the musical amelia perez has 11 nominations this yean perez has 11 nominations this year, and the brutalist it's up for nine, along with best actor adrien brody. but conclave leads the way. there's adrien brody up for the best actor award, but conclave leads the way. it's the papal drama. it has 12 nominations, including ralph fiennes for best actor. >> some wonderful films here. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. i mean, i love amelia perez and nora and the brutalists and wonderfully strong films. it's a good time to celebrate. we need to celebrate these films and these filmmakers. >> the awards have been handed out. i'll keep you up to date with those a little bit later this evening. now it's back to free speech nation. >> for the very latest gb news, direct your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to. qr code, or go to. gbnews.com/alerts. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> welcome to free speech nation wit

that will not help the prospect of turning the ceasefire into a simon jones, bbc news. by the end of the first stage of the ceasefire in three weeks' time, 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners israeli forces must also leave populated areas and the netzarim corridor, which cuts off the north of gaza from the south. and the remaining living hostages will be exchanged for palestinian prisoners. and stage three would see all the dead bodies of hostages reconstruction of gaza. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. what do we know about the phase two talks in qatar? benjamin netanyahu sent his delegation to doha to talk the second phase about about the second phase about the withdrawal of the israeli forces from gaza and the release of the hostages but retease 'of'th'e' hostages but a re retease'efth’e hostages but are many retease'of'th'e hostages but are many challenges for there are many challenges for there are many challenges for the second phase to, to succeed because the expression from benjamin netanyahu and his parties especially, the minister of finance, that no secon

simon jones, bbc news.spondent mark lowen is in tel—aviv and joins us live from hostages square. this time last week there was the of three hostages, this this time last week there was the when three hostages, this it this time last week there was the when should |ostages, this it this time last week there was the when should we ages, this it this time last week there was the when should we expect his it this time last week there was the when should we expect the it six, when should we expect the release to begin?— six, when should we expect the release to begin? six, when should we expect the release to beuin? u, ., ., , release to begin? good morning. yes, we are here — release to begin? good morning. yes, we are here i hostages _ release to begin? good morning. yes, we are here i hostages square - release to begin? good morning. yes, we are here i hostages square and l we are here on hostages square and there is big screen set up there is a big screen set up beaming live pictures gaza, where you already